Mozilla Firefox 3.5 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2478. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a "flash bug."

The weakness was disclosed 07/16/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2478. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40347 (Fedora 11 : kazehakase-0.5.6-11.svn3771_trunk.fc11.3 / Miro-2.0.5-2.fc11 / blam-1.8.5-12.fc11 / etc (2009-7898)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51968), Exploit-DB (9181), Tenable (40347) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25699†). The entry VDB-49053 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 40347
Nessus Name: Fedora 11 : kazehakase-0.5.6-11.svn3771_trunk.fc11.3 / Miro-2.0.5-2.fc11 / blam-1.8.5-12.fc11 / etc (2009-7898)
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OpenVAS ID: 64465
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-7898 (firefox)
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07/13/2009 🔍
07/16/2009 +2 days 🔍
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05/11/2010 +299 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +1771 days 🔍
11/16/2025 +3897 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2478 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49052
X-Force: 51968
Vulnerability Center: 25699 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Remote DoS Vulnerability via \x27flash bug\x27, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/16/2025 15:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (55), 02/24/2017 10:10 (6), 08/12/2021 14:42 (4), 08/12/2021 14:44 (1), 11/16/2025 15:22 (25)
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